OPi Zero has no wlan1 device

LesF · Post time 2017-10-2 14:59:07

Edited by LesF at 2017-10-2 15:01

I have booted into the Debian image for the OPi Zero and found a README file which says:
use wifi
1)edit file
$ nano /etc/network/wpa_supplication.conf
  network={
      ssid="***"
      psk="***"
      priority=1
}

2)connect wifi
$ ifconfig wlan1 up
$ sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan1 -c /etc/network/wpa_supplication.conf &
$ dhcpcd wlan1 &

So I followed the first step, but on the 2nd step it tells me there is no wlan1 device.  Also tried wlan0 which didn't exist either.
In etc/network/interdaces it had:

source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
auto wlan1
iface wlan1 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid xunlong_orangepi
wpa-psk xunlong_orangepi_12345678

I assumed the image was ready to use on a Zero, maybe I missed some extra instructions somewhere?
Should I just look up standard instructions for Jessie to get the wifi set up correctly?

igorpec · Post time 2017-10-2 19:15:22

1. https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero
2. https://docs.armbian.com/User-Gu ... connect-to-wireless

LesF · Post time 2017-10-3 13:52:59

Wow that reduces its usefulness a lot.

Onboard wireless module (XR819) has poor software support so wireless connection issues are expected
Onboard wireless module (XR819) is not supported on mainline releases

igorpec · Post time 2017-10-3 17:16:05

Wow that reduces its usefulness a lot.

Things improved a little few days ago: https://github.com/armbian/build ... e2e8f4a688028160158

If you need speed, get this one: https://www.amazon.de/CSL-AC1200 ... 2c373a300413597b78e (modern kernel only)

8bitbacon · Post time 2017-10-13 05:55:46

Edited by 8bitbacon at 2017-10-13 05:57

lol so many wifi problems I am just going to end up using the gpio pins for tx and rx on the orange pi with some arduino wifi chip
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Serial-W ... :g:nzUAAOSwlp1ZvWaJ

8bitbacon · Post time 2017-10-13 08:09:53

and if you want an ethernet port on your board boom: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-ENC2 ... 7e24a%257Ciid%253A1

igorpec · Post time 2017-10-13 12:04:45

and if you want an ethernet port on your board boom

I assume you never try this?

BTW. There were some more fixes to Opi Zero Wifi driver.
https://github.com/armbian/build ... cb2fe60f822f432852d

8bitbacon · Post time 2017-10-13 19:54:44

Edited by 8bitbacon at 2017-10-13 19:56

no but it should be easy you just worry about the receiver pin and the transmitter pin and ground pin than search online how to point the network socket to those pins for linux

igorpec · Post time 2017-10-14 00:52:13

... it's not about connecting but performance of such setup.

8bitbacon · Post time 2017-10-15 05:35:48

Edited by 8bitbacon at 2017-10-15 05:38

I agree, but if we are dealing with the zero here, I was able to use the internet fine on ethernet, but over wifi I could see the channel names but it wouldn't allow me to click on any of them to connect so its a ui problem and I would just go with a chip I recommended. What are you even using to view video, I have to deal with black and white video on the zero so I just use the orange pi one instead...